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Circumcision: The Hidden Trauma
Benefits of routine infant circumcision have been thoroughly disproven. Studies have shown that circumcision, far from being a harmless and painless procedure, is one of the most painful procedures that can be performed on an infant and has potentially far-reaching detrimental physical and psychological consequences.
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If God wanted men to be circumcised, they would have been born without a foreskin

" The baby started shaking his head back and forth—the only part of his body free to move—as the doctor used another clamp to crush the foreskin lengthwise, which he then cut. This made the opening of the foreskin large enough to insert a circumcision instrument, the device used to protect the glans from being severed during the surgery. The baby began to gasp and choke, breathless from his shrill continuous screams. How could anyone say circumcision is painless when the suffering is so obvious? "

"Already, an ever­growing number of physicians are opposed to routine neonatal circumcision. These doctors recognize that no one has the right to forcibly remove sexual body parts from another individual. They recognize that doctors should have no role in this painful, unnecessary procedure inflicted on the newborn." First do no harm..."

March 1, 1999: After a two year investigation, the  American Academy of Pediatrics concluded that the "potential medical benefits" of infant circumcision aren't significant enough and therefore, they do not recommend it as a routine procedure.

Circumcision is a surgical procedure that involves forcefully separating the foreskin from the glans and then cutting it off. It is typically accomplished with a special clamp device. Over a dozen studies confirm the extreme pain of circumcision. It has been described as “among the most painful [procedures] performed in neonatal medicine.” In one study, researchers concluded that the pain was “severe and persistent.” Investigators reported, “This level of pain would not be tolerated by older patients."

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Excerpt from the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC) http://www.nocirc.org/

Infant Circumcision: "What I Wish I Had Known"
by Marilyn Fayre Milos R.N., Director of NOCIRC

I didn't know what circumcision was when I consented to have my three sons circumcised. My doctor had told me the surgery was a necessary health measure, that it didn't hurt, and that it only took a moment to perform... like cutting the umbilical cord, I thought. I certainly wasn't prepared when, in nursing school several years later, I saw the surgery for the first time. 

We students filed into the newborn nursery to find a baby strapped spread-eagle to a plastic board on a counter top across the room. He was struggling against his restraints—tugging, whimpering, and then crying helplessly. . . . I stroked his little head and spoke softly to him. He began to relax and was momentarily quiet. The silence was soon broken by a piercing scream—the baby’s reaction to having his foreskin pinched and crushed as the doctor attached the clamp to his penis. The shriek intensified when the doctor inserted an instrument between the foreskin and the glans (head of the penis), tearing the two structures apart. (They are normally attached to each other during infancy so the foreskin can protect the sensitive glans from urine and feces.) The baby started shaking his head back and forth—the only part of his body free to move—as the doctor used another clamp to crush the foreskin lengthwise, which he then cut. This made the opening of the foreskin large enough to insert a circumcision instrument, the device used to protect the glans from being severed during the surgery. The baby began to gasp and choke, breathless from his shrill continuous screams. How could anyone say circumcision is painless when the suffering is so obvious? My bottom lip began to quiver, tears filled my eyes and spilled over. I found my own sobs difficult to contain. How much longer could this go on? During the next stage of the surgery, the doctor crushed the foreskin against the circumcision instrument and then, finally, amputated it. The baby was limp, exhausted, spent." more


Listen to the Experts: Are their spicific medical reasons to circumcise your baby or are you being convinced to perform a very painful genital mutilation on your new born baby for esthetics?  Listen to a live recording of an actual circumcision. Was this your baby?
 
 



Infant Responses During and Following Circumcision
Excerpt from CIRCUMCISION RESOURCE CENTER at www.circumcision.org

Circumcision is a surgical procedure that involves forcefully separating the foreskin from the glans and then cutting it off. It is typically accomplished with a special clamp device. Over a dozen studies confirm the extreme pain of circumcision. It has been described as “among the most painful [procedures] performed in neonatal medicine.” In one study, researchers concluded that the pain was “severe and persistent.” Investigators reported, “This level of pain would not be tolerated by older patients.”  more

What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Circumcision: Untold Facts on America's Most Widely Performed-and Most Unnecessary Surgery by Frederick M. Hodges, Paul M., M.D. Fleiss

In the easy-to-read format the What Your Doctor May Not Tell You series is known for, this book explodes the many myths and misinformation about circumcision, which is the most widely performed surgery in the United States today. From information about penile anatomy to the various health risks related to the surgery to debunking all six of the most common arguments doctors use when recommending circumcision, WHAT YOUR DOCTOR MAY NOT TELL YOU ABOUT CIRCUMCISION lays out parents' options, and provides a helpful list of questions they should ask before making that very important decision for their baby. 

About the Author
Paul M. Fleiss, M.D. has been a pediatrician for over 35 years. He maintains an active medical practice in Los Angeles, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Note from Shirley: Dr. Fleiss was my son's pediatrician for over 15 years. He is the best! He has authored two other books: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Circumcision: Untold Facts on America's Most Widely Performed-and Most Unnecessary Surgery and Your Premature Baby Comes Home. My son was severely brain-injured since birth and passed away at age 21 on 12/31/2000. He was never circumcised.
Here is Sterling's story: no longer blind

Frederick Hodges, D.Phil earned his doctorate in medical history at the University of Oxford. He currently works and conducts research as a medical historian and author, and has published several articles in medical journals. 



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What Happens During Circumcision?
A video clip showing part of the circumcision
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Other Circumcision Videos Online

General description (with pictures) of the two most-used methods of infant circumcision: the Gomco Clamp and the Plastibell.
 

Circumcision, The Hidden Trauma : How an American Cultural Practice Affects Infants and Ultimately Us All by Ronald Goldman

"Any reader may expect to be struck in the early pages by Goldman's effective blend of emotional insight and objective fact, the latter documented throughout the book by hundreds of footnotes. As Goldman continues, he effortlessly distills and integrates decades of research on infants and children. I appreciated his excellent summaries at the end of each chapter. Particularly valuable was the list on page 74 of the many similarities and the few differences between circumcision and female genital mutilation.

Have you ever wondered whether America's high rates of violence may be related to our high circumcision rates? Goldman has done more than wonder; he has extensively researched the possibility, although he is always careful to add cautionary statements that at most, circumcision is one of several factors affecting American men's (and women's) lives. 

Goldman has an impressive ability to continue to generate and synthesize new insights and questions throughout the book. Although circumcision is often done so that the child does not have a different genital status from his father, is it actually the PARENT'S fear of difference which is apparent here. Is it possible that sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is actually infant suicide? Goldman relates circumcision to other problematic American birth practices such as birth with the mother on her back, use of drugs, forceps deliveries, routine episiotomy, and cesarian births. He includes an admirable short section addressing the interrelationship of social problems and noting the possible connection of circumcision trauma to the epidemic divorce rates. Equally unforgettable are sections in which men circumcised as adults speak about their incalculable loss and in which Goldman addresses the disruption of the infant/mother bond.

Goldman concludes his masterful work with a truly stunning series of innovative meditations, each three or four insight-filled pages long. These address 1) the American motivation to circumcise (our lack of awareness is alarming; the use and exclusion of certain words helps to maintain support for circumcision); 2) science and medicine (flawed studies are the rule not the exception, and doctors tend to MEASURE rather than to FEEL pain); 3) ethics and medicine (isn't it the medical profession's responsibility to LEAD rather than FOLLOW community health care standards?; since when does a trained surgeon take the advice of laypeople as to whether he or she should operate?); 4) cultural and social perspectives (we can circumcise our sons because we are so alienated from each other); 5) hope for healing (no matter how "bad" our feelings are, expressing them feels good); 6) preventing future harm (taking action to prevent others from being victimized aids one's own recovery). Goldman closes his book by reminding us that to think that newborn infants can be subjected to circumcision without an impact on them or others ignores the interconnnectedness of all life. When a baby's sexuality is not safe, no one's sexuality is safe.

Goldman's conclusions and speculations regarding the possible connection of circumcision to high levels of American violence remain compellingly plausible." an amazon.com reviewer

Historical Medical Quotes On Circumcision
In order to get an accurate picture of circumcision, one must not only look at what doctors and parents have to say today, but what they've said in the past - especially WHY they said it, historically. Each section deals with a different issue concerning circumcision; to each of these I've added many quotes to help elaborate.

Questioning Circumcision : A Jewish Perspective by Ronald Goldman

"Having chosen not to circumcise my son, and being an observant Reform Jew, I found Doctor Goldman's book to be incredibly instructional. He opens the door to a thoughtful introspection on the question of circumcision in the Jewish world. A difficult, almost taboo subject, we find that Jews, as a constantly evolving and forever questioning people, need to look circumcision in the face and sincerely question its validity. Circumcision continues to be performed even if there are many reasons for one not to practice it. Goldman's precise examination of circumcision brings us to question not only the Historical and religious aspects of this tradition, but also to look at the medical and sexual facts. Finally, the author exposes the psychological and ethical consequences of such an act. For example: are we ethically entitled to alter the genitals of our infant sons? Have they given us permission to do so? What psychological consequences can circumcision have on these infants? How about their mothers? What do men who were circumcised as adults have to say about the psychological and sexual changes they experienced? A professional and thorought examination, "Questioning Circumcision, a Jewish Perspective" is a brilliant analysis that one will find extremely educational and...easy to read!" an amazon.com reviewer
 

Complications of circumcision
"Williams and Kapila estimate that a realistic rate of complications from neonatal circumcision ranges from 2% to 10%. To many men who become aware of the function and value of the prepuce, the fact that this genital sensory organ was amputated from them at birth is itself a complication of circumcision; in which case, the actual complication rate is 100%... For males fortunate enough to survive the surgery without immediate complications, there is a growing awareness among men of other delayed, long-term consequences of neonatal circumcision, which are only now beginning to be documented. "


Paul M. Fleiss, MD - "It seems absurd that today we choose to mutilate a significant percentage of our newborn infants. As a young medical student in the 1960s, I learned the technique of performing the surgical procedure of male circumcision. It was not difficult to learn this procedure, and I very rapidly became expert at removing the foreskin from a newborn. I was able to do circumcisions in a very short amount of time -- four or five minutes. I did this at the parents' request, and I was oblivious to the infant's cry. 

Several years later into my pediatrics career, after having performed perhaps a hundred circumcisions, I became aware of the newborn's pain that I had somehow managed to put out of my consciousness. I now know that every baby that I circumcised cried and that I never responded to their pain. I then decided I was on their side; my job was to protect babies, not harm them. It was only then that I began my study of the foreskin, how it is unlike any tissue found elsewhere in the human body and accordingly, has special functions. The doctors and others performing this procedure on newborn babies do not know the pain they are causing nor do they appreciate the functions of that unique bit of tissue." more



Circumcision Exposed : Rethinking a Medical and Cultural Tradition by Billy Ray Boyd

 "It's about time that this cruel practice was put in its place - in the history books (as far back in the history books as possible). This book goes a long way to helping us find ways to overcome the pressures of conformity and tradition. I can't believe there's still controversy over circumcision - something so obviously wrong that it pains me to think that supposedly intelligent people are still perpetrating this mindless abuse on their own children even as we move forward into the 21st century. To the religion argument: If God wanted men to be circumcised, we'd have been born without a foreskin. To the medical argument: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. When will doctors start practicing what they're taught - "First, do no harm". amazon.com reviewer, Ian Cooper from Boston, MA

The Circumcision Decision: An Overview
Quite a number of famous child care experts and doctors recommend against circumcision in their books. Sheila Kitzinger very emphatically recommends that parents leave their sons intact. Dr. Lendon Smith goes into detail explaining the foreskin’s purposes and giving all the reasons why circumcision should not be performed. Dr. Spock, in his most recent book, stated “I feel that there’s no solid medical evidence at this time to support routine circumcision.” He recommends “leaving the foreskin the way Nature meant it to be.” Penelope Leach also recommends against routine circumcision. 



Circumcision: A History of the World's Most Controversial Surgery by David L. Gollaher

More than a million infant boys are circumcised every year in America, the highest occurrence of this procedure in the world. Why? Out of sheer cultural habit, concludes David Gollaher in his groundbreaking study.  American medical profession credited circumcision with exaggerated health benefits. Circumcision would eventually turn into a mark of class distinction, and the surgery would become entrenched in modern medical practices, despite scant study of its benefits, dangers, or side effects. Gollaher is to be commended for maintaining an even perspective on a practice that is sure to become increasingly controversial; he allows the research itself to fascinate and illuminate. As expected, there are many unsettling graphic descriptions in this book, but its most horrifying revelation is its most casual: the incontrovertible fact that circumcision remains the least understood--yet most widely practiced--surgery in the United States. 
 

PROTECTION OF MALE INFANTS IN AMERICAN HOSPITALS FROM UNWANTED CIRCUMCISION
"Parents should carefully consider the advantages, disadvantages, and risks of both non-circumcision and circumcision for their son well before the due date. Parents will be given little time at the hospital to make up their minds on a complex matter that will affect their son for all of his life. This file is addressed to the needs of parents who do not wish the surgical procedure of circumcision performed on their son. "

There are many reports of boys being circumcised in hospitals in the United States against their parents' wishes.

DOCTORS OPPOSING CIRCUMCISION (D.O.C.)
"D.O.C. is an organization of physicians, and others who are opposed to routine neonatal circumcision. D.O.C. has members in 50 States, 10 Canadian Provinces and 2 Territories, and several other countries. These doctors recognize that no one has the right to forcibly remove sexual body parts from another individual. They also believe that doctors should have no role in this painful, unnecessary procedure inflicted on the newborn."

What you Need to Know about Anesthesia and Pain from Circumcision 
by Mary G. Ray

Many parents believe their child can be protected against the pain of circumcision through the use of anesthesia, but there is no pain control method that is 100 percent effective. All infants suffer during and after the procedure. There are risks from anesthesia and there are risks if anesthesia is not used. If a baby is left intact, he is not subjected to any of these risks. 

Infants Feel and Remember Circumcision Pain 
Study, led by Dr. Gideon Koren, head of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology at HSC and a Professor of Paediatrics, Pharmacology, and Medicine at the University of Toronto, are reported in the March 1 issue of the British medical journal Lancet. 

Circumcision Facts On-Line 
Most have been told that circumcision does not cause any harm to the male. A good majority of males and females have little idea of the benefits afforded by the penis and the consequences of surgical alterations to it. This is a must read for both men (intact or circumcised) and women.
 

Why Doctors will Stop Performing Circumcisions
"Already, an ever­growing number of physicians are opposed to routine neonatal circumcision. These doctors recognize that no one has the right to forcibly remove sexual body parts from another individual. They recognize that doctors should have no role in this painful, unnecessary procedure inflicted on the newborn."

RESPECT YOUR SON'S BODY, HIS FEELINGS AND HIS HUMAN RIGHTS! THE ONLY CARE THE INTACT PENIS NEEDS IS TO WASH THE OUTSIDE.  DO NOT FORCIBLY RETRACT THE FORESKIN! UNEDUCATED HEALTH-CARE PROFESSIONALS MAY ATTEMPT THIS! SAY NO! Learn about the Physical Risk of Circumcision and the Myths About Circumcision
 

Sex As Nature Intended It : The Most Important Thing You Need to Know About Making Love, but No One Could Tell You Until Now by Kristen O'Hara, Jeffrey O'Hara

This landmark book is the first to detail the many sexual functions and benefits of the male foreskin for both the man and his female partner. It presents unequivocal evidence that the foreskin plays a multifaceted role during intercourse that not only promotes increased sexual pleasure, but this enhanced pleasure also serves to enrich and continually re-cement the love bond, borne from sexual union. 

Circumcision's removal of the foreskin (ultra-erogenous tissue and the penis's only moving part) not only diminishes the man's sexual pleasure, but also the woman's. A national survey of women, conducted by the author, reveals that circumcision abnormalizes the way the penis thrusts and feels to a woman, significantly diminishing her sexual enjoyment and her ability to achieve orgasm from intercourse. The book's explanations of the profound negative effects circumcision has on the intercourse experience of both partners will surely leave America stunned. But luckily, there is a bright side to this shocking news: It is now possible to restore the foreskin through various non-surgical techniques. The book addresses this topic and enwraps the emerging movement for foreskin restoration with hope, promise, and dignity. 


Articles on circumcision
from the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC)

Mothers Against Circumcision. org
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CIRCUMCISION RESOURCE CENTER - A nonprofit educational organization with the purpose of informing the public and professionals about the practice of circumcision. The Center is a valuable source of circumcision information for parents and children's advocates; childbirth educators and allied professionals; medical, mental health, and academic people; and all others who wish to learn more.

Circumcision Reference Library The Library is an online collection of abstracts, full text articles, and other material relating to male circumcision. 

Circumcision Information Resource Centre - a non-profit organization in Canada that provides information about non-religious infant circumcision, the medical controversy, ethical considerations, the anatomy of the prepuce, and much more. 

Circumcision - The Basic Facts - From NOCIRC of Ohio, a site for new parents featuring information about circumcision.

DMOZ: Links to Information about Circumcision - DMOZ is the Open Directory Project, whose goal is to produce the most comprehensive directory of the web by relying on a vast army of volunteer editors. This page features what is arguably the most comprehensive list of websites that deal with circumcision issues.

Doctors Opposing Circumcision - An organization of physicians and others who recognize that no one has the right to forcibly remove sexual body parts from another individual, and that doctors should have no role in this painful, unnecessary procedure inflicted on the newborn.

In Memory of the Sexually Mutilated Child - Possibly the most powerful source of information about the damage caused by circumcision available on the internet. Be forewarned that there are some extremely graphic and disturbing images at this site.

Intact - Intact is a Canadian organization whose purpose is to end non-therapeutic male infant circumcision. Intact works to this end through increased public awareness, legislation, and litigation. Intact also seeks to have male infant circumcision internationally recognized as a human rights violation.

Intactivism - From New Zealand, an excellent site concerning the work of abolishing involuntary genital modification. 

Mothers Against Circumcision- A non-profit organization for parents opposed to circumcision.

NOCIRC - The National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers. NOCIRC is a non-profit educational organization that has one of the largest collections of information about circumcision in the world.

NOHARMM - The National Organization to Halt the Abuse and Routine Mutilation of Males, a non-profit, educational and direct-action men's network organized against circumcision of healthy male infants and children.

Stop Infant Circumcision International - Info on stopping circumcision and Genital Integrity Awareness Week, the first week in April.

Tu parles d'une peau! - This French-language site explains the consequences of circumcision, and also features photographs and instruction in basic foreskin restoration techniques. 



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    In a clinical study, pediatrician, Dr. David Markowitz, M.D. reports an 84% reduction in antibiotic use when children used Transfer Factor.  "There is no other product in a nutritional substance, nor a drug, that has this kind of power and ability to affect our immune system. With the increase of killer viruses, mutated germs, super-resistant germs, and food contaminations, our only hope and defense, must lie within our own immune system." Dr. Rob Robertson, MD   more
     
     



     


    Tired of struggling to get your children to eat vegetables?   If you want to get kids to eat more vegetables or fruits with the same enthusiasm they eat french fries or candies, there is a company that sells delicious dried RAW organically grown foods that eat like a snack and snack like a meal. They are always ready to go and good to go.  Keep your cupboard, your cooler, your backpack, your tackle box, your picnic basket, your saddlebags, and anywhere else that you stash your snacks filled with these great products. FAQ
     
     
     
     

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    Standard hospital practice is to place preemie twins in separate incubators to reduce the risk of infection. That was done for the Jackson girls in the neonatal intensive care unit at the Medical Center of Central Massachusetts in Worcester. Suddenly, Brielle went into critical condition. She began gasping for breath, and her face and stick-thin arms and legs turned bluish-gray. Her heart rate was way up, and she got hiccups, a dangerous sign that her body was under stress. Her parents watched, terrified that she might die. Learn how she was rescued by her twin
     
     
     
     
     
     


     
     


     
     

    Learn about the astonishing practice of prestigious U.S. surgeons operating on babies with no anesthesia.
     
     



     

    Shirley was once a victim of the never-ending flow of propaganda from the medical establishment who wants to maintain a monopoly on the word "cure" and who wants us to believe that we have no control over our own health and that our only hope to get "well" is with drugs, surgery and radiation.  You can read an account of Shirley's journey into health without drugs, surgery or radiation.
     

    Watch these Videos: 

    • We Become Silent" A must see documentary about the threat to medical freedom of choice. The Last Days of Health Freedom' details the ongoing attempts by multinational pharmaceutical interests and giant food companies  to limit the public’s access to herbs, vitamins and other therapies. 
    • Prescription for Disaster  in-depth investigation into the relationships between the pharmaceutical industry, the FDA, lobbyists, lawmakers, medical schools, and researchers, and the impact this has on consumers and their health care.
    • Video library   (whistleblower doctors)

    More at Shirley's Wellness Cafe:

    Holistic Animal Health and Optimum Pet Nutrition
    Natural Health for Children
    Natural Health for Women
    Natural Health for Men
    Steroids' Side Effects - Anti-Inflammatory Diet and Natural Remedies 
    The acid-alkaline balance's impact on health
    Arthritis Conditions - Natural Treatment
    Eyesight Conditions - Natural Solutions
    Diabetes Alternative Medicine
    Health Issues: Consumer Alert!
    Alternative Cancer Therapies
    Antibiotic Resistance and Side Effects
    Natural Herbal antibiotics
    The New Healing Science of Glyconutrients 
    What is Homeopathy?
    Urine therapy: medically proven natural cure
    Toxic Environment - Toxic Cosmetics
    Detoxification for Optimum Health: Chemicals and toxins are the primary cause of disease and obesity 
    Tonic Herbs for Longevity, Rejuvenation, Immunity
    Raw Food and Juice Therapy
    Therapeutic Fasting
    Healing with Herbs and Other Natural Remedies
    Water: the great healer
    Clay Therapy - Our Earth, Our Cure
    Bee Pollen: healing from the hives
    Magnesium Medical Miracles
    Marine plants to enhance health
    Profound Life-Giving Properties of Marine Phytoplankton 
    Guide to natural treatments for Fibromyalgia
    Immune system: the body's defense department
    Sunlight to restore health
    Cayenne Pepper: the great healer
    Wheatgrass juice: nectar of health and rejuvenation
    Healing Earth: Fulvic Acid and Shilajit
    Stem Cell Physiology -  Supporting Bone Marrow Adult Stem Cell Release Naturally 
    A healing crisis: what is it?
    Transfer Factor for people and animals
    Emotional Freedom: overcoming stress naturally
    Overcoming The Sugar Blues and Getting Off Prozac
    Healing shingles/herpes zoster naturally and rapidly
    Flaxseed Oil The Wonder Healer
    Cholesterol Myth - Fats that Heal, Fats that Kill!
    Salt Deficiency: the cause of many serious disease
    Radiant, healthy skin: the natural way
    Words Of Wisdom Follow Your Dreams!
    Dangers of Modern Medicine: Iatrogenic Diseases 
    Healing asthma: a drugless approach
    Alzheimer's Disease: There is Hope! 
    Healing eczema: a drugless approach
    Healing psoriasis: a drugless approach
    Parasites Infections: Symptoms and Natural Treatment (humans and  pets)
    Basic Healing Principles
    AIDS/HIV/AZT: truth behind the propaganda
    The bitter truth about nutrasweet
    Canola oil: how toxic is it?
    Bovine Growth Hormones in your milk
    Beware of Genetically Engeneered Foods
    Radiation Emergencies: Protecting The Thyroid Gland
    Weight Loss: natural and healthy solutions 
    West Nile Virus - what the media won't tell you
    Most Popular Natural Health Products Safe and Effective Remedies  for People and Pets
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    Free Google Videos. Doctors and parents expose how vaccines are crippling our children. 
    Dr. David Ayoub, M.D. lectures on Vaccines, Mercury, Autism and other disease

    Vaccines: deception and tragedy
    Vaccines and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
    Shaken Baby Syndrome or Vaccine-Induced Encephalitis?
    Misdiagnosed Shaken Baby Syndrome: A Criminal Consequence of Vaccine Injury
    AUTISM: is there a vaccine connection?
    Criminal Consequence of Vaccine Injury
    Anthrax Vaccine Facts and Gulf War Syndrome
    Government Enforced Vaccinations: Vaccination Tracking Registry
    How To Legally Avoid Unwanted Immunizations Of All Kinds
    Vaccine Support Groups and Organizations
    Animals: chronic dis-ease caused by vaccines
    Nosodes: alternative to conventional vaccines
    Library: Vaccine Controversy books
     

    The Terror of Pediatric Medicine is a free downloadable e-book from IMVA Publications. The e-book covers in-depth the vaccine controversy, pediatric dentistry, oncology as well as childhood psychiatry and psychology. 
     
     
     

    Holistic Children's Health :

    Holistic Pediatrics (general)
    Nutrition for Babies and Children
    Attachment Parenting
    Ear infections: alternative to tubes and antibiotics
    Pshychiatry - betraying and drugging children for profit
    Childhood vaccinations: are they really safe and effective?
    Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: astonishing facts
    Autism: is there a vaccine connection?
    The Circumcision Decision: what I wish I had known...
    Understanding your baby's needs
    Natural Birth and Home Birth
    Ritalin Free Kids: Helping Children, Not Drugging Them
    Homeopathy for Children and Infants
    Forced Drugging of Children Parents  facing jail over compulsory drug orders.
    No longer blind: the story of Shirley's baby born blind and brain-injured
     
     

    Holistic Animal health :

    Do You Really Know What's In Your Pet's Food? by Dr. Jane Bicks DVM
    Why RAW food?
    Food Unfit For Pets
    All Natural Healthy Pet Food
    Animal Nutritional Therapy
    Natural Animal  Health
    Homeopathy for animals
    Pet Allergies, skin problems, obsessive biting self, chewing paws
    Rearing healthy pups and kittens
    Saving Shasta's life: a holistic approach
    Sample RAW pet food recipes
    Toxic environment and your pet's illness
    Alternative to antibiotics
    Testimonials of amazing animal healing.
    Preventing and Healing Animal Cancer without drugs or surgery
    Holistic Health for Horses
    Feline Holistic Health
    Natural diet for pet birds
    Vaccinosis: chronic dis-ease caused by vaccines
    Nosodes: alternative to conventional vaccines
    List of holisitic veterinarians
    Managing flea bites and hotspots naturally
    Improving your animal's health with kelp
    Books and video: holistic animal health
    Training Shasta for personal protection
    Non-toxic health products and supplies for your pets

     
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    Natural Health Care for Children and Babies
  • Ear Tubes? Stop Your Child's Ear Infections  Naturally Without Antibiotics or Tubes
  • Alternative approaches to childhood allergies 
  • Think twice before giving Steroids (cortisone, prednisone) to your children
  • Alternatives to Antibiotics 
  • Helping Children, Not Drugging Them
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    For Parents-to-Be and New Parents

    Understanding your baby's needs 

  • Dispelling the Fear of SpoilingYour Baby
  • The Family Bed 
  • Coping With A Fussy Baby
  • Don't Ignore Your Baby's Cries 
  • Attachment Parenting...and more.
      • The importance of feeding colostrum 
      • Starting Solids: What Age? Which Food First? How Much? What Consistency?
      • Enzymes: The Difference Between Raw and Cooked Foods
      • The Advantages of Vegetarian and Vegan Diets for Children
      • Food Additives and Hyperactivity in Children
      • A Detailed Guide To Feeding Your Child.

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    Library
  • How to Raise a Healthy Child  in Spite of Your Doctor  - Dr. Robert Mendelsohn 
  • HOW TO TEACH YOUR BABY TO READ 
  • Stop Your Child's Ear Infections  Naturally Without Antibiotics or Tubes
  • and more...
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    Infant Circumcision: the hidden trauma

    Benefits of routine infant circumcision have been thoroughly disproven. Studies have shown that circumcision, far from being a harmless and painless procedure, is one of the most painful procedures that can be performed on an infant and has potentially far-reaching detrimental physical and psychological consequences.

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    Vaccines: are they really Safe and Effective?
    Vaccines: Are They Really Safe And Effective?
    Published medical studies,government statistics, congressional testimonies, and other credible sources directly contradict commonly held assumptions about vaccine safety and effectiveness. - Personal stories of vaccine damage and its tiny victims. What Every Parent Should Know BEFORE Their Childen Are Vaccinated! 
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    Ritalin Free Kids
    Hyperactivity/Attention Deficit Disorder: no drugs 
     

    Avoiding Ritalin: Safe and Effective alternatives. - Calming Hyper Kids with Herbs - Food Additives and Hyperactivity in Children. - Prozac Free Kids 
     

     
    Autism

    Autism/ inflammatory bowel disease, and MMR vaccine - Orthomolicular/nutritional therapy - Child vaccine linked to autism - Understanding and Implementing a Gluten and Casein Free Diet - How to reach your autistic child and more

    No AZT for My Baby, Please. Why Parents With HIV Don’t Treat Their Kids 

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    Angel RingResources for Children With Special Needs

  • Support system for Parents and their special children
  • WHAT TO DO ABOUT YOUR BRAIN-INJURED CHILD
  • Does your child suffers from seizures?
  • Overcoming cortical blindness and brain-injury
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    Homeopathy for Children and Babies
    It is time that parents and physicians seek safe, natural and effective alternatives to conventional, potentially harmful drugs. Homeopathic medicine is one such alternative. Learn about homeopathic medicine for childhood ailments such as bedwetting, chicken pox, measles, colds, flus, teething, constipation, sore throats, earaches, diarrhea, and much more. 
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    • Prostate Cancer: a drugless approach
    • Homeopathic approach to impotence, bladder infections, prostate problems etc.
    • The Male Andropause (like menopause)
    • Male Herbs for Impotence

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